Sasha Steensen

Gatherest defiantly attests to intimacy and our binding humanness amidst an alienating present. In three elegant poems, brushes with contemporary violence are met with meditations on kinship and communication alongside coursing reflections on the elemental foundations that borne and ground our existence. “Daughter,” she addresses, “people are not bad / not evil / people want […]

A Creative Gem

The Gregory Allicar Art Museum made it debut on September 10th. Linny Frickman is getting ready to share her years-long labor of love with CSU and the Fort Collins community. Frickman, the founding director of CSU’s first art museum in 2009, has long believed the community deserved a first-rate museum to display CSU’s many collections […]

Entrepreneurs with a purpose

Two CSU alumni have acquired a coffee shop and plan to hire those with disabilities Fresh-brewed coffee, pastries and helping adults with disabilities is not what Colorado State University alumni Chelsi and Justin Wells thought they would be doing after graduation. As they celebrate their new ownership of Starry Night Espresso Café, they hope to […]

Lego Mastermind

English professor by day, LEGO guru by night – meet Doug Cloud. Some people spend their free time reading, collecting stamps or looking for virtual Pokémon characters. Doug Cloud blocks out time to build LEGO creations. Cloud, an assistant professor of English at Colorado State University, recently combined his brick-laying talent with his job, crafting […]